hebbosome

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English

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Etymology

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From Hebb +‎ -o- +‎ -some; named after Donald Hebb by Professor Seth Grant.

Noun

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hebbosome (plural hebbosomes)

  1. (biology) A multiprotein complex responsible for the detection of patterns of neuronal activity, and the conversion of the information represented by this activity into biological changes within the cell (neurone).

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